Historical Events In March - 11

1840  Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.   

1845  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.   

1845  On this day in history the Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.   

1846  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet on this day in history.   

1848  Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor.   

1850  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 11 woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice on March - 11.   

1851  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice   

1857  On this day in history manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84   

1860  Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library) on March - 11.   

1861  Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution on March - 11.   

1862  On March - 11 general Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief on March - 11.   

1862  On this day in history lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of   

1863  On this day in history free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

1863  On March - 11 andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)   

1864  On March - 11 skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee   

1865  Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation on March - 11.   

1865  General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC on March - 11.   

1865  On this day in history gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC   

1867  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France   

1867  On this day in history great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris on March - 11.   

1870  King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho on March - 11.   

1872  On this day in history construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.   

1872  On this day in history abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 on March - 11.   

1876  Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations) on March - 11.   

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt on March - 11.   

1879  On this day in history justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

1882  Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ on this day in history.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  On March - 11 birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On this day in history sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

0859  On March - 11 death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on March - 11.   

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  On March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer